diff --git a/src/alsamixer.cxx b/src/alsamixer.cxx
index c7fda51..0d17e21 100644
--- a/src/alsamixer.cxx
+++ b/src/alsamixer.cxx
@@ -2081,7 +2081,7 @@ static void
 mixer_signal_handler (int signal)
 {
   if (signal != SIGSEGV)
-    mixer_abort (ERR_SIGNAL, sys_siglist[signal], 0);
+    mixer_abort (ERR_SIGNAL, strsignal(signal), 0);
   else
     {
       fprintf (stderr, "\nSegmentation fault.\n");
